Right-wing Britons are turning to e-petitions
They are screaming into the wind
There is something pleasingly anachronistic about Parliament’s e-petitions platform. Petitions have been presented to Parliament since the 1270s. In 1669 MPs expressed “the inherent right of every commoner in England to…present petitions to the House of Commons”. Since 2006 that right has been exercised online, nowadays by clicking a big green button labelled “Sign this petition”.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Sign of the times”
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